Improvement in tobacco-elevators



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Tobacco-Elevator. No. 215,365. Patented May .I3, 1879-.

ZAOHA RIAH F. JONES, OF SOOT'TSVILLE, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TO BACCO-ELEVATO RS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2155365, dated May 13,1879; application filed March 4, 1879.

To all 'whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ZACHARIAH F. JONES, of Scottsville, in the countyof. Albemarle and State of Virginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tobacco-Elevators; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in tobacco-elevators; and itconsists in the arrangement and combination of parts that will be morefully described hereinafter, whereby an apparatus is produced by meansof which tobacco can be elevated to the top of the building, and thentaken down again, by a person standin g on the floor.

Figure lis a front elevation of my invention complete. Figs. 2 and laredetail views, and Fig. 3 a side elevation, of the same.

a represents a rod or pole long enough to reach from the ground door tothe highest tiers in the drying-house, and which is made in sections,for convenience in usingit to raise tobacco to different heights forpacking away when no longer needed for use and for transportation. Thisrod or pole is made flat and in sections, and each section has securedto its rear side a brace, b, which extends at right angles to the rod orpole, so as to strengthen it, and not only keep it from breaking, butfrom bending while in use. As this rod or pole and all its applianceshave constantly to be lifted by the operator, and as the pole is usuallymade about twenty-two feet long, it will readily be seen that it must bemade as light 'as is consistent with the necessary strength, and this isattained by the use of a brace on the rear side of the pole.

The pieces of the brace are secured to the parts of the pole so thatthey project considerably below the joints, and thus the joints arebroken, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the brace supports the joints aswell as at any other part.

In forming the joints, the ends of the pieces ofthe pole and the ends ofthe parts of the brace are beveled, as shown, and a metallic socket, c,is provided to receive them, which sockets bind the ends securelytogether.

Sliding back and forth on the pole is the Carriage d, which is operatedby means of the rope f, which passes up over the pulley ein the upperend of the top' section of the pole and back down to the operators hand.Pivoted to this carriage is the cross -head g, which may either be plainor grooved on its front side, and provided with the extensionarms t', ashere shown. These arms are held in position by means of the straps h,and are connected together by means of :a suitable spring, 0. To thesetwo arms are secured cords or Wires j, by means of which the operatorcan force the arms outward, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, for thepurpose of causing the regulators lto catch 011 the outside of thetobacco as it hangs on its stick across the tiers and gently compressit, so that the regulators can be raised upward between the tiers andthe tobacco, so as to catch under the stick.

These regulators are made preferably of the shape shown in Fig. 3, andserve not only to support the stick of tobacco as it is beingraised andlowered, but also serve to regulate the distance between thersticks asthey hang upon the tiers.

Where hooks are used, as is generally the case, for raising and loweringthe sticks, they constantly punch holes-through the tobacco, and thusspoil it, and cannot be used as regulators. Y This elevator is speciallydesigned to work from the door; but, if so desired, it may be suspendedfrom the tier-poles by means of a T-head.

VHaving thus described my invention, I claiml. In a tobacco-elevator,the pole a, made in sections, and provided with the brace b, extendingat right angles thereto, substantially as shown.

2. In a tobacco-elevator, the pole a, made in sections, and strengthenedby the brace b, the ends of the braces being made to project downbelowthe joints of the pole c, substantially as described.

3. In a tobacco-elevator, the cross-head g, having the extensible armsfi, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand this3d day of March, 1879.

ZAGHARIAH F. JONES. Witnesses:

J. W. GARNER, W. S. D. HArNEs.

